VOTE FOR ROYAL DUTY

Hey all!!

So someone - no idea who - has nominated Royal Duty for fic of the week over at The Lemonade Stand!

Got the e-mail when I woke up this morning, got to say it made my day :D:D

I'd really appreciate it if y'all took a wee moment to go on over to The Lemonade Stand and vote! If you go to the right hand side of the page, you'll find all the fics up for it this week :D

I'm quite a bit behind at the moment, so if you could spread the word, that'd be great!!

Thank you to everyone who's reading and recc'ing, I freaking love you all :D:D

Sarah xx

Royal Duty, Ch.12 TEASER :)

Hey all!!

So it hasn't been too long at all!! :D:D

I hope you all had wonderful Christmas' and New Years! Welcome to 2013!!!

My first chapter of the new year...I do hope you enjoy it :)

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Chapter 12 - How Do We Know?

“Bella! I can’t believe it took me so long to get here. I’m so sorry! I thought after the ball last night that a lie-in was expected of everyone! I didn’t hear what happened until I ran into Sue in the kitchens! Jasper got me here as soon as he could.”

As she sat beside me, I raised my eyebrows in curiosity, wondering just how close her and Jasper had become overnight.

“Did he ride you here on a horse?” Rosalie snorted from my other side.

Alice looked bashful as she smiled at my little sister, remembering too late the crush I’d informed her Rosalie had been harbouring for years.

“I got here as quickly as I could,” Alice answered instead. “How is he? What’s happening?”

I shook my head, tired and thankful for my friend’s arrival as she looped her arm through mine and squeezed.

“They took him away when we arrived. I haven’t seen him or Ben since.”

“But that was hours ago!”

I held her back when I felt her pulling away from me.

“We’ve all tried Alice, there’s no use. We might be royalty, but they aren’t telling us anything. We’re just another family when we’re in here. They don’t need to treat us differently.”

“I suppose if they’re too busy looking after Edward to come and tell us anything, it’s a good thing. At least we know he’s in the best hands.” Rosalie’s voice floated softly from where she’d moved to the other side of the waiting room.

I looked up and found her staring longingly at the door, as if wishing it to open.

“They won’t let anything happen to him,” she said next, conviction lacing her tone as she nodded to herself and looked back at me. In that moment I came to realise that, somehow, his coming back to us was as important to her as it was to me.

Alice was next to speak, her eyes boring into the side of my head as if willing me to believe their words. “This is Edward, Bella. He’s a fighter.”

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Should be up tomorrow at the latest!! :D:D xx